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Storage Foundation HA 6.1 and Flexible Shared Storage

Veritas Flexible Storage Sharing What is FSS? Veritas Flexible Storage Sharing (FSS) is a new SFHA 6.1 feature that lets you configure a 'shared-nothing' storage volume. It is based upon Cluster Filesystem (CFS) but unlike base CFS it doesn't require shared storage (SAN, iSCSI, etc..). You can read more about FSS here: http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/configure-flexible-storage-sharing-using-veritas-operations-manager-61 Unlike the blog post above that uses the VOM GUI, I will be configuring FSS between two virtual machines in an old-fashioned style (CLI). I decided to write this blog because I couldn't find enough information in one place on how to setup FSS using the non-GUI stuff. Lab setup and specs for each VM: vcs14: RHEL6.6.z, 8Gb RAM, 32*8Tb local disks, 16*2Tb shared disks (these won't be used). vcs15: RHEL6.6.z, 8Gb RAM, 32*8Tb local disks, 16*2Tb shared disks (these won't be used). I won't go over the details of setting